Reading Time: 3 minutes The Ontario government must take decisive action to get the budget under control when the COVID-19 crisis has passed
Category: Ontario
Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start
Government debt piling up for Ontarians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Blame economic contraction due to COVID-19 and increased government spending at the provincial and federal levels
Ontario budget update misses mark in face of COVID-19
Reading Time: 4 minutes The plan is based on unrealistic assumptions that pose real risks to Ontario finances and includes spending likely to be ineffective
Canada mishandling mental illness crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thousands of patients are on wait lists. Meanwhile, the human and economic costs of mental illness keep rising
Ontario’s lost decade of job creation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto and Ottawa are thriving but as long as large regions of Ontario struggle, the province and the country won’t meet their full economic potential
Wet’suwet’en protests create a national tipping point
Reading Time: 3 minutes The duties of Aboriginal title and the general public awareness of climate science have combined to create a sense that enough is enough
Municipalities, utilities on the front lines of extreme weather
Reading Time: 4 minutes Smart Energy Communities are not only more resilient, they also create new opportunities for local economic development, lower energy costs and a cleaner environment
Consumer trust in agriculture is waning
Reading Time: 4 minutes Organized, well-funded groups condemning farming practices on social media are winning the consumer trust battle
Epidemic of illegal firearms overwhelms Canadian cities
Reading Time: 5 minutes Corrections institutions are merely holding facilities with few effective rehabilitative programs. They must have programs for safe, effective reintegration